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R17 (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by St. Louis Car Company· from 1955· class of New York City Subway car
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NYCS-R17-1: User:BlastOButter42· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. R17 6609 on the Train of Many Colors: R38R40· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. R17 6688 MC: Train2104· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. MTA NYC Subway R17 6895: Mtattrain· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The R17 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1954 for the IRT A Division. A total of 400 cars were built, arranged as single units.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1955–1988).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1988
- status
- retired
- number built
- 400
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- St. Louis Car Company
- operators
- New York City Transit Authority, New York City Subway
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single unit cars
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 35.3 t
- capacity
- 44 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7274425, Wikipedia: R17 (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.